Club Deportivo Guadalajara

First Steps

Guadalajara was founded on 4 January 1947. It was a group of friends who played on the soccer team of Educación y Descanso, a Franco regime program for young people, and the Frente de Juventudes. So, based on this seed, a club was created that was independent of all these organizations. On January 4, a meeting was held in the Education and Recreation halls that would be the seed of Deportivo Guadalajara. From that meeting, a committee was formed consisting of Francisco Nicolás, Ignacio Burgos, Jaime Pujades, José Mª Moreno, Cayetano Morán, Carlos Camargo, Manuel Herrero, Antonio Vicenti, and Rafael Aguilar. The latter was elected president at first, but he gave up the position to Jaume Pujades. The club was thus founded, with the founding minutes being drawn up on January 30, 1947. The club was registered with the Castilian Football Federation on February 5 of that same year. This committee would also choose the club's kit. The purple shirt and white shorts were chosen as the home kit. The red shirt and blue shorts were chosen as the away kit. Interestingly, the away kit was loaned by the Spain national football team. On January 19, 1947, Deportivo Guadalajara played its first match. It was a friendly match in which it defeated Bar Ideal by a resounding 9-1. On January 26, 1947, he played his first official match, beating Real Ávila CF 2-1 in the amateur championship. In the 1947–48 season, it began competing in the First Regional Division, achieving…

Copa Federación Centro Winners (1): 1949–50